TY - JOUR AU - Mercer, Geoffry N. AU - Barry, Steven I. AU - Kelly, Heath PY - 2011 DA - 2011/02/25 TI - Modelling the effect of seasonal influenza vaccination on the risk of pandemic influenza infection JO - BMC Public Health SP - S11 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Recent studies have suggested that vaccination with seasonal influenza vaccine resulted in an apparent higher risk of infection with pandemic influenza H1N1 2009. A simple mathematical model incorporating strain competition and a hypothesised temporary strain-transcending immunity is constructed to investigate this observation. The model assumes that seasonal vaccine has no effect on the risk of infection with pandemic influenza. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-S1-S11 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S1-S11 ID - Mercer2011 ER -